6/3/2005

The Buddhist Metta Meditation For Inner Peace And Happiness

One of the most powerful and transforming meditations in Buddhism is the Metta meditation, also known as the Loving Kindness Meditation.

If you practice this meditation regularly, it will fill your heart with Love and Compassion, both for yourself and for other people. It is very simple, and yet extremely powerful. Moreover, it is a meditation you can do whilst formally seated for meditation, or at any point throughout the day, in the midst of the daily rush.

The Metta meditation consists of four statements:

May I be free from danger.
May I be happy.
May I be healthy.
May I live with Ease.

Find a peaceful place, make yourself comfortable, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and relax. Then simply recite these sentences to yourself several times.

The truth is that you cannot give much of Love and Compassion to others if you have none for yourself first. Hence, this meditation helps you to develop this. It will help you overcome low self-esteem issues, build self-confidence, and help you to gain the inner peace that you may often feel is lacking.

However, the full form of the Metta meditation involves applying these good wishes to benefit other people as well. I shall cover this further in future posts to this blog.

Needless, to say, these statements are also affirmations. Hence, you can use them as such throughout your day, wherever you are. You can also write them out and review them. If you are on a computer, you can easily set it up to display these affirmation statements to you repeatedly and subliminally, :

How To Use Your Computer To Surge Powerful Life-Enhancing Affirmations Directly Into Your Subconscious…

Either way, use the Metta meditation regularly and it will have enormous benefits in your life. Use it often!

Asoka Selvarajah

Asoka Selvarajah is a writer on personal growth and spirituality, and the author of “The 7 Golden Secrets To Knowing Your Higher Self”. His work helps people achieve their full potential, deepen their understanding of mystical truth, and discover their soul’s purpose. You can subscribe to his FREE ezine, and get his FREE ebook “Inner Light Outer Wealth” at: http://www.aksworld.com/AspireToWisdom.htm?imk=Blog _____________________

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